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PART II
STAPLES 17
Stock Performance Graph
The following graph compares the cumulative total stockholder return on Staples’ common stock, the Standard & Poor’s
500 Index and the Standard & Poor’s Retail Index during our 2010 through 2014 fiscal years, assuming the investment of $100.00
on January 30, 2010 with dividends being reinvested.
$0
$50
$100
$150
$200
$250
$300
$350
1/30/10 1/29/11 1/28/12 2/2/13 2/1/14 1/31/15
Staples, Inc. S&P500 S&P Retail Index
Total Return to Stockholders
30-Jan-10 29-Jan-11 28-Jan-12 2-Feb-13 1-Feb-14 31-Jan-15
Staples, Inc. $100.00 $96.75 $71.23 $62.18 $62.55 $84.15
S&P 500 Index $100.00 $122.19 $127.34 $148.71 $180.70 $206.41
S&P Retail Index $100.00 $130.05 $150.50 $196.11 $248.44 $297.31
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table provides information about our purchases of our common stock during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014:
Fiscal Period
Total Number of
Shares
Purchased (1)
Average Price
Paid per Share (2)
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of
Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs (3)
Approximate
Dollar Value of
Shares that May
Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs (3)
November 2, 2014 - November 29, 2014 791,900 $13.41 791,900 $386,462,000
November 30, 2014 - December 3, 2014 846,562 $16.12 814,727 373,276,000
December 4, 2014 - January 31, 2015 — — — 373,276,000
Total for the fourth quarter of 2014 1,638,462 $14.81 1,606,627 $373,276,000
(1) Includes a total of 31,835 shares of our common stock withheld during the fourth quarter of our 2014 fiscal year to satisfy
minimum statutory tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock awards granted pursuant
to our equity incentive plans. These shares were canceled with a commensurate amount added to the allotment of shares
available for future issuance under our equity incentive plans.
(2) Average price paid per share includes commissions paid in connection with our publicly announced share repurchase
programs and is rounded to the nearest two decimal places.
(3) See Note N Share Repurchase Plan in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.